Old RBR Articles (merged)

[Bram Hengeveld]

Zaxxon released the v1.0 version of his track Olocau-Gátova for Richard Burns Rally. Made with Bob's Tracks Builder it's another masterpiece for rally lovers!

Zaxxon commented on the release: "At the end of last summer my brother and I took a car and had a nice time driving on roads near the town where we were born. We were looking for a track to model and the route from Olocau to Gátova was exactly what we were looking for: narrow, twisty and the typical look from our homeland. So it is not a real rally stage, it is just a nice place 20Km away from where I was born."

Click here to download the track

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

Any tips for these cars? which is the best? lol what a stupid question.. but I tried Saxo and Polo so far and they are awful - understeering anywhere, especially on tarmac 4x4 are better handling then this monsters... I think I am not driving them well but I dont know what is the magic - cant get into them

 

[Senad Subasic]

They are new to everyone, I think. I found that I fail less badly in the Fiesta and the Suzuki.

Haven't tried tarmac yet, not just in these cars, but in RBR in general. Should be interesting...

 

[Robb Kulcsar]

Nice video Ryan . I like Fiesta but I haven't try the Suzuki, I'll come back with impresions.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Eckhart von Glan: RBR name: Eckhart von Glan
sign me up provisionally, currently reinstalling RBR and downloading all the stuff, a first test shows that my ffb is strangely much less pronounced than it was before.

 

[Senad Subasic]

Wow, 17 people, great

Actually, not sure that's such a positive thing... It'll be much harder to finish in the top 10 when there are more than 10 people

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

17? lol
please fill my name into the last spot as maybe if possible, I want to get more practice with these cars but not sure if I will get into them... I will let you know till Sunday for sure my participation
thanks
Ondřej Kapal (OKapal) - Europe

 

[Warren Dawes]

Wow, what a roll up, New record.

I've added more slots for sign-ups, we aren't restricted (at least I don't think so) in numbers.

Re these cars, I haven't tested them much at all, but i have tried each car at Noiker (gravel) as well as driving a few at random when making the promo movie. The handling varied a lot and I found some to be very touchy regarding braking (downhills at Noiker was murder). This can be fixed by adjusting the brake bias towards the front. Go into the car setup section (Tune Car) and under brakes, adjust the pressures for the front and back to get them more like 70/30. It should help a lot.

Re handbrake turns, haven't tried much yet on tarmac (they spin easily on gravel) but try entering the turn a bit faster as you hit the handbrake. You should start the turn in first, then grab the handbrake, but keep some power on through the turn and especially the exit. I suspect you need to be more aggressive with these. You could also try increasing the Steering Lock (again under set up) for tarmac, I have found it helps a lot. With increased steering lock, you can even avoid the need for the handbrake with a bit of left foot braking and some aggressive power sliding on exit.
Spinning them around on gravel or snow is rather different (especially with the brake bias on some of them), they spin very easily.

I think we are all learning about these cars, they are different, but I am finding them a lot of fun.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Here we are. I'm learning, I gotz the proof!

Love the movie Ryan, brought tears to my eyes laughing.

You are learning fast.

Now, onto turn 2, only another 2000 turns across 8 stages to go. lol. :tongue:

 

[Warren Dawes]

I saw a handy topic on Handbrake Lessons here:

http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=207525

Also, I found the Rally School lessons very useful, I often go back and do a refresher course.

BTW, I use the G25 shifter in sequential mode for the handbrake (pull it backwards), it feels pretty realistic. I use the paddles for gear change.

 

[Tomas Reinicke]

Wow, what a lot of signups,
here's another:
Tomas Reinicke, ctbr, Europe

 

[Damien Jones]

Here's a nice explanation of handbrake turns and lift-off oversteer:

http://www.rally-driving-days.co.uk/acatalog/rally_driving_guides.html

 

[John Low]

Welllll ........ while Peugeot were flat out trying to fix a 106 that seemed to be banged up a little bit I snuck in and stole a 206. Little do they suspect.

 

[Craig Johnston]

I'll have a go with this one, probably jumping in the Saxo VTS if available European Times.

Where can I find info on the stages we'll be running? RSRBR name is same as here

 

[Ryan Callan]

In the first post

 

[Craig Johnston]

Ah cheers Ryan, managed to skip right past it

 

[Warren Dawes]

Welcome aboard Craig, you can choose any car from the pack, but make sure you use it for all Stages.

 

[Mark A Warmington]

I could cry ... I was rubbish last week and now my shifts have changed for next week . As the rally is running, I will be at work: 14:00-22:00 BST. So I am out unfortunately.

I will definitely keep watch for the next one though. Also - really nice to see the entrants list will soon spill over on to two pages .

 

[Ryan Callan]

What about joining the OC event at 1130BST?

 

[Warren Dawes]

What about joining the OC event at 1130BST?

Or we can set up an additional one for you at a different time Monday or Tuesday.

 

[Senad Subasic]

I could cry ... I was rubbish last week and now my shifts have changed for next week . As the rally is running, I will be at work: 14:00-22:00 BST. So I am out unfortunately.

A different session could be set up as well, if you don't mind running alone in that one. Lemme know if you have a time that suits you.